Improved shifting hail for buggies



l. BRONSON.

Sh'lfiing Rails for Buggies.

No. 101,980. Patented,Aprii 1 9, 1870.

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IRA Bronson, or Loc- Kron'r, NEw YORK.

Letters Patent No. 101,980, dated April 1!), 1870.

IMPROVED SHIITING- RAIL PORBUGGIES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

Nature of Invention.

This invention consists in arranging the wooden rim which surmounts the back of the seat, so that it comes in close contact with the seat and forms a continuation thereof. Also, in the arrangement of the irons that hold said n'm in place.

General Description.

In the drawings Figure 1 is-a plan of the seat. Figure 2, a front elevation.

Figure 3, a diagram showing method of bracing the wooden rim and securing it in place.

A A A are the wooden sides of the seat, and B the the bottom, these parts being of the usual form.

To the ends of the seat are attached the ordinary iron rails or rods, a a.

O is the wooden rim which surmounts the back of the seat. In all shifting rails with which I am acquainted this wooden rim is placed at a distance above the back proper of the seat, leaving an open space between.

In the former construction of shifting rails it has been difficult, if not impossible, to locate said 'rim down closely uponi'he back. I accomplish this result by the use of irons of the simplest form and arrangement, while at the same time I brace said rim against splitting or breaking, by running them crosswise, and by different braces which cover different parts of the surface. I

These irons are arranged as follows:

f f are two vertical irons in the form of straps, which cross the whole width of the wooden rim, and are bolted at different points thereto, by this means staying the center of the rim crosswise, so that there is no possibility of splitting at that point, no matter what power may be applied. The lower ends of these straps are bent to conform to the back and bottom of the seat, and they are secured to the latter by buttons g g, which are old devices for a similar useon wagonseats.

To the ends of the wooden rim are bolted straps c 0', one in a curved form andthe other horizontally, so

as to cover as much as possible the cross-width of the rim, as clearly shown in fig. 2.

These straps are bent around and so fastened as to form an ornamental end to the seat, and are. finally joined together to form the main rail or bow, P. The front end of this rail has a hook, d, which passes through a socket, 0, formed in the fixed rail a, as"

clearly shown in Figure 4.

To connect the parts the top is simply bent forward far enough to engage the hook (I with socket 0, when the top is bent back, thereby letting straps ff into place in the seat, where they are secured by buttons g g.

The advantage of this invention is,.in letting the wooden rim 0 down close upon top of theseat, so as to form a continuous back, and in so connecting the irons ff and c c thereto as to cross the width of said rim both in the center and at the ends, so as thoroughly to brace it against the great strain to which it is subject. plest form, and suchas a common blacksmith might repair; yet, by the peculiar arrangement with the rim, the whole is made much'stronger than in any other shifting rail with which I am acquainted.

The very simplicity "of these irons is a novelty, and I do not believe such an arrangement has ever before been known. 7

I am aware that in the patent, of H. F. Holt, July 2, 1867, a method of connection is shown in front some= whatsimilar to my books d. I am alsoaware that in the patent of A. V. Heyden, October 23, 1866, connections are shown at the rear similar to my buttons g g. I expressly disclaim these particular features. Neither of these parties, however, have the wooden rim coming down close to the back of the seat, nor the iron straps f f c c crossing the rim, to stay it in place, and connected with the seat as described. Therefore,

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Lettels Patent, is-

In the construction of a carriage-scat, the rim 0 fitting down closely upon the back of the rim A, the cross-straps ff bracing end straps c c and buttons g 9', all combined and arranged substantially as herein shown and described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

Witnesses: IRA BRONSON.

J. It. DRAKE, O. N. woonwAnn.

It will be seen that these irons are of the sim- 

